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Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Welcome to #TuesdayswithTaryn @ChristiCorbett #Author of Along the Way Home #historical

~Tuesdays with Taryn~

Christi Corbett

What
book(s) most influenced you as a writer?

I would say my favorite book series
of my youth, the Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. I got my first book
of hers at a yard sale at age seven, and read it so much the covers literally
crumbled from wear and eventually fell off the book. And I had my first moment
of absolute book joy when I learned that there were many more (which was my
first brush with the concept of a series).

What
book do you read over and over again?

Pieces of Sky, by Kaki Warner.

Tuesday/Thursday Trio-

1)Movie- Legends of the Fall. However, I
must add that while most swoon over Brad Pitt’s character, Tristan, I’ve always
respected Aiden Quinn’s character, Alfred, because he was so steadfast and
loyal and did the right thing no matter the cost to his own life plans.

2)Music- I listened to the soundtrack to
the movie “All the Pretty Horses” when I wrote Along the Way Home, as well as
classical music (Mozart and Beethoven are my favorites). However, when I’m notwriting I enjoy a random collection of
anything from techno to jazz.

3)Decadent
Dessert- Plain Cheesecake. I just want to taste the actual cheesecake
without having it masked by toppings like fruit or chocolate. Tiramisu is a
close second, but cheesecake always wins!

What’s
the most interesting or bizarre bit of trivia you’ve learned from researching
for a novel?

This is probably a little bit on the
TMI (too much information) side, but did you know that to create a “bathroom”
on the prairie parts of the Oregon Trail, women would stand in a circle with
their skirts in hand, spreading them out, while one woman would do her business
in the middle of the skirt circle? Necessity really is the mother of invention!

Novel on your Nightstand:

Who/what
are you currently reading?

Research books for my next books, so
I’ve got a stack I flip through when I’ve got a few minutes to spare:

Letters
of a Woman Homesteader, by Elinore Pruitt Stewart

Pioneer
Women, by Joanna L. Stratton

Women’s
Voices from the Oregon Trail, by Susan Butruille

The
Gentle Tamers, by Dee Brown

Jessie
Applegate, by Leta Lovelace Neiderheiser

The
River of the West, by Frances
Fuller Victor

Whom
would you cast as your Main Characters/Hero/Heroine if your book became a
movie?

I’m going to pass on this question.

Along the Way
Home:

(click book cover to go to Amazon buy page)

Kate Davis is
intrigued when her father reveals his dream of starting a horse ranch in Oregon Territory.
Settlers out west value a strong woman, and though she manages the financials
of her father’s mercantile her competence earns her ridicule, not respect, from
Virginia’s
elite society.

Jake Fitzpatrick,
an experienced trail guide, wants land out west to raise cattle and crops. But
dreams require money and he’s eating dandelion greens for dinner. So when a
wealthy businessman offers double wages to guide his family across the Oregon Trail, Jake accepts with one stipulation—he is in
complete control.

Departure day finds Kate clinging to her possessions as
Jake demands she abandon all he deems frivolous, including her deceased
mother’s heirlooms. Jake stands firm, refusing to let the whims of a headstrong
woman jeopardize the wages he so desperately needs—even a beautiful one with
fiery green eyes and a temper to match.

Trail life is a battle of wills between them until tragedy
strikes, leaving Jake with an honor-bound promise to
protect her from harm and Kate with a monumental choice—go back to everything
she’s ever known or toward everything she’s ever wanted?